Two people escape house fire

Two people have escaped a suspicious house fire in central Christchurch early on Friday morning.

A police scene guard was in place at the Hereford St property in Linwood until a fire investigator arrived on scene this morning.

Fire and Emergency spokeswoman Lyn Crosson said two people escaped the fire, which started in the front bedroom of a single story flat and were uninjured.

Two crews from the city station extinguished the fire which was “showing but not fully involved” on arrival about 1.40am.